Binding Listbox to ObservableDictionary

[Amad]

Hello,

I am working on an MVVM application.I have in view a ListBox which is bound to an ObservableDictionary in VM as follows:

C# VM:

private ObservableDictionary<string, bool> mCategories;
public ObservableDictionary<string, bool> Categories
{
get { return mCategories; }
set { mCategories = value; FirePropertyChanged("Categories"); }
}

Categories = new ObservableDictionary<string, bool>()
{
{ "Allgemein", true},
{ "Dampf", false},
{ "Fernwärme", false},
{ "Prozessabhängig", false},
{ "Stromverbrauch", false}
};



XAML VIEW:

<telerik:RadListBox ItemsSource="{Binding Categories}">
    <telerik:RadListBox.ItemTemplate>
        <DataTemplate>
            <StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal">
                <CheckBox IsChecked="{Binding Value, Mode=TwoWay}"/>
                <TextBlock Text="{Binding Key, Mode=OneWay}"/>
            </StackPanel>
        </DataTemplate>
    </telerik:RadListBox.ItemTemplate>
</telerik:RadListBox>



I have the following problem: Binding seems not to work in the direction View to VM, that when I check a Checkbox the Value of the corresponding dictionary element will not be set to true, while it works in the other direction (VM to View) that when I set the Value of a dictionary elemnt in C# code (VM) the CheckBx is checked in View.

Any suggestion?

Thanks

[Dilyan Traykov]

Hello Amad,

Would you find it possible to share your implementation of the ObservableDictionary class as the ones I find on the internet do not allow for a TwoWay binding to be set for the Value property of the items?

What I can suggest in order to pinpoint the issue is to isolate the binding outside the context of the RadListBox control. You can define a single CheckBox instance, bind it to the Value of the first item in the Categories collection and check whether the issue still occurs. If that is the case, you will need to modify the ObservableDictionary class to support this scenario.

Please let me know how this goes.

Regards,
Dilyan Traykov
Progress Telerik

[Amad]

Hello Dilyan,

I followed the approach that you suggested. I used single checkboxes and that solved the problem.

Thanks for the reply.

[Dilyan Traykov]

Hello Amad,

I'm glad to hear that the issue is resolved. Please let me know if I can further assist you with anything else.

Regards,
Dilyan Traykov
Progress Telerik